white house as cap and trade. that s a negative position. what is the positive position? in terms of moving forward? and do you support some kind of negotiation with the democrats? which never seems to get done in this presidency. you guys, mcconnell from day one, has said you guys platform is no. that s your platform. is he right? is mcconnell right? the smartest move for your party is to screw things up for the next couple of years, right through november. get the country completely boll loxed up and they ll vote the democrats out. is that the strategy of the republican party this year? mcconnell says it is. i m a co-sponsor of an american energy act, the comprehensive energy plan. the president has refused to meet with the republicans who have an alternative idea. because he wants to go out there and say falsely, we re the party of no. that s not true and you know it, steve. give me a break. we ve got a bill, you might not like our bill. you might want a tax on energy. whe
negotiation with the democrats? which never seems to get done in this presidency. you guys, mcconnell from day one, has said you guys platform is no. that s your platform. is he right? is mcconnell right? the smartest move for your party is to screw things up for the next couple of years, right through november. get the country completely boll oxed up and they ll vote the democrats out. is that the strategy of the republican party this year? mcconnell says it is. i m a co-sponsor of an american energy act, the comprehensive energy plan. the president has refused to meet with the republicans who have an alternative idea. because he wants to go out there and say falsely, we re the party of no. give me a break. we ve got a bill, you might not like our bill. you might want a tax on energy. what i want is for you to actually be willing to come to the table. come to the table. come to the table, but not to raise taxes. not to run millions of jobs out of our country.
because the nra doesn t like them and because many of his advisers are telling the president not to go too far in pushing new gun controls? joining me is my panel. which is it? do we know the answer to the question? weave seen this before in other big issues. if the president wants to convince conservatives to raise the age limit, to pass legislation as opposed to administrative actions to ban bump stocks, here s your chance. i m your president, i need you here. and he passed it. why? probably because this is the ultimate in red meat crowds because you need to know your audience because you don t necessarily go here to do that, and because in talking about this alternative idea, this idea of arming teachers, perhaps you are offering them something there that you need in exchange. if that s what he s doing. but we don t know yet. we don t know yet, and we won t